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LOT 0016
Egyptian Rock Crystal Heart Amulet
6TH CENTURY B.C.
7/8 in. (1.54 grams, 21 mm).
Carved with lateral triangular lugs and ribbed bale, gold wire suspension loop.
Provenance
Private collection.
Acquired in 2009.
Private collection, Europe.
Literature
Cf. Petrie, W.M.F., Amulets. Illustrated by the Egyptian Collection in University College, London, 1914, pl. I, nos.7a-p, for type; Andrews, C., and van Dijk, J., Objects for Eternity: Egyptian Antiquities from the W. Arnold Meijer Collection, Mainz am Rhein, 2006, p.128, no. 2.34a, for type.
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